MachineJunkie

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If it's ok with you, I'll copy this and post it over on owwm forum as well.

Eric

This one is from October, 2004. I had posted it on another forum, so you won't be familiar with some of the guys I'm referring to. Some time ago, Don posted an ebay link to a big old drill press in Kansas City, and when I went to seller's other items, I saw a big old milling machine. I almost immedi...

Ok Pete, I give. What are they?

Eric

I'll give the story of my first old iron acquisition. I was salvaging alot of barn timbers and knew that I'd need a bandsaw to resaw them into planks. It was spring of 2002, and I was only just becoming enlightened in the ways of old machinery, and after looking at Grizzly catalogs, decided I wanted...

Pete, that's a great story. Tomorrow I'll tell the tale of my first big old machine move. It's not nearly as big as that haul, but it was plenty funny. If we both post one every other day or so, we can keep this thread going a couple months. dadude, I'd never forget that upstate NY iron. I think tha...

Pete, There is no need to let this thread die. I'll just go back through and post each one of my acquisition/removal stories. Here is one from Feb. 2003. Hi All, Some time back there were some posts about a barnfull of old stuff on ebay. Well... I bought one of this seller's machines (Jos O Colladay...

I never dropped one, but I can relay a story from one who did. This comes from Patrick Haire of Humboldt, KS who runs a lineshaft driven cabinet shop. He buys from a lumber company just down the road from his place, and so he had his Hall & Brown jointer dropped off there. They unloaded it with ...

This is my most recent machine purchase and move. I posted it on the owwm forum a few days ago, but it would go nicely in this thread. I'll give you a recount of the removal of the S. K. Lovewell drum sander from Nelson's Canton Dungeon. My son and I arrived at Canton Dungeon about noon on Saturday ...

I'll speak up in this thread. The newer manufacturers don't come anywhere near the 19th century makers. Here are some links including my own planer matcher: http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=2587 http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id=569 http://www.owwm.com/PhotoIndex/detail.asp?id...

I think we need to consider the era of machinery a bit here as well. Bandsaws: J. A. Fay & Co., later J. A. Fay & Egan Co., was the real innovator here. By 1874 they had many refinements including a blade brake which are still used in one form or another to this day. In later years they may ...

I acquired a cabinet for molding knives with a batch of machines I bought which, if scaled up, could make nice blade storage. It is essentially shelves slanted down at an angle with lips so the blades don't slide on the floor. It also had a door with a glass panel to keep sawdust out while still bei...

The distance between centers is about 9 feet. That American molder sounds like a great save. I got my Colladay molder from the loft of a barn near Philadelphia which served as a cabinet shop until it closed in the 1960's. The machine was still belted to the lineshaft which was still belted to the mo...

Well, I was picking up my daughter from her after school church program, and when I pulled into the parking spot, there it was in front of me in the back yard of the nearest house. The owner was glad to be rid of it. He said it had been there since before he bought the house, and that the previous o...

Though I have some tonnage of machinery, I don't have a forklift. Even if I did, the boom would hit the doorway of the shop and the ceiling, rendering it useless. I use a pallet jack, prybars, and rollers mostly. Sometimes I help things along with a chain hoist from the ceiling. Here are pics of my ...

It sounds like the blade is totally shot, or running in the wrong direction. Try a new blade.

Eric

Pete, With machines like these, you must keep a very healthy fear of them during use. I use them, but I wouldn't let many others do it. I also wouldn't want more than one of these running at one time. Patrick Haire, the owner of an all lineshaft cabinet shop in Kansas, say's it's the woodworking equ...

I just fixed it. Give it another try.

Eric

Hi everyone, I just saw Pete's post on the OWWM forum and came to join you. I like reading as many old machinery forums as I can find. I'm mostly a flat belt babbitt machine guy. I've got a couple years experience restoring such machines. Here is most of what I have: http://www.owwm.com/Members/Deta...